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Should the UK look to Sweden to solve its housing crisis?
Sweden uses offsite manufacture to build at least 45% of its new homes. Could the UK emulate this approach, making use of modern techniques?
Should the UK look to Sweden to solve its housing crisis?
Sweden uses offsite manufacture to build at least 45% of its new homes. Could the UK emulate this approach, making use of modern techniques?
Online poll: Big infrastructure - problem projects
This week’s poll: Does construction have a problem with delivering big infrastructure projects?
Ageing gracefully: restorations which retain historical decay
Instead of making a neglected building look brand-new, why not refurbish it to preserve and showcase the damage worked by fires, damp, squatters and the passage of time?
Carillion one year on: how the contractor's collapse unfolded
Carillion, a former giant in construction, went bust one year ago today. We look back on a story that shook the sector 12 months ago through our coverage on the day, and through the numbers that accounted for its collapse
Mini cost model: The evolution of retail
Despite reports of the death of the retail centre, the truth is that owners, developers and local authorities are adapting to use their spaces and assets in new and diverse ways
Image of the week: Confused state
Leave and Remain protesters mingled outside the Houses of Parliament on Monday, ahead of Tuesday evening’s ‘meaningful vote’ on Theresa May’s Brexit deal
Tracker: November 2018
Total activity continued to rise steadily but without accelerating, while orders and tender enquiries lost some growth momentum but remained buoyant. Experian Economics reports
Online poll: Are you optimistic for 2019?
This week’s poll: How optimistic are you for the year ahead?
Building intelligence: Q3 2018
Construction output is rising, driven largely by housing, both public and private, but public work is slipping – and the offices market is likely to be hit hardest by Brexit
Interview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to Building
Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie & Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding
Interview - Sir Stuart Lipton talks to Building
Developer Stuart Lipton is among the biggest names in the business – and has no intention of leaving it any time soon
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